The connections between FoMO and social media engagement
were further assessed by examining the relations between these
constructs’ sub-factors. Bivariate correlation analysis results indicated
higher connections between factors sharing the same realm
of content: Social, news or commercial. This may suggest that
FoMO should not be perceived as a general factor, but rather as a
multiple dimension phenomenon. In the same route, different
instantiations of media engagement in the classroom should be
acknowledged.
Concerning student characteristics, a positive connection was
indicated between the non-Jewish group of students and FoMO,
directly, and indirectly through academic amotivation. A possible
explanation for this result might be related to the ongoing parental
pressure on minority students to attain high grades, which often
results in placing emphasis on outcomes rather than on learning
goals, and to feelings of disintegration or detachment from academic
actions (Alt&Geiger, 2012). Thus, itmaybe implied that the parental
involvement associated with the minority group of non-Jewish students
could affect their learning motivations, and as also suggested
by Przybylski et al. (2013), FoMO could serve as a mediator linking
this deficit in psychological needs to social media engagement.